NEW ORLEANS, La. - Limousine Livery, the premiere transportation service in the New Orleans area, proudly accepted recognition as one of the Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel Partnership’s “Clean Fleet Leaders” at the Regional Planning Commission’s (RPC’s) annual awards ceremony May 8, 2012.

In 2011, the locally owned and operated organization transitioned a portion of their fleet to propane. The modification displaces the equivalent of 740 gallons of gasoline and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 tons annually.

“We intend to build on this success by continuing to transition our entire fleet to propane,” said owner Christy Dirks “We have further set ourselves apart from traditional transportation services by recently attaching a device to the exhaust system of our gasoline and diesel fueled vehicles that reduces C02 emissions.”

Limousine Livery was acknowledged along with several other local businesses that employed alternative fuels or fuel saving technology and/or policies in their operation in 2011. Overall, “Clean Fleet Leaders” displaced the equivalent of 586,312 gallons of gasoline and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 2,975 tons.

[b]About Limousine Livery[/b]
Limousine Livery offers one-stop shopping for chauffeured transportation services throughout the world. Limousine Livery is committed to providing ground transportation for executives, business travelers and special event and meeting professionals. We supply each of our clients with the ground transportation services they need to remain on top of their complex professional and personal lives.

[b]About the Regional Planning Commission [/b]
The Regional Planning Commission (RPC) for Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St. Tammany Parishes, is a 26-member board of local elected officials and citizen members. This board is supported by a staff of 22 professionals with broad experience and education, in a variety of areas including urban and regional planning, community development, economics, engineering, government, history, law, landscape architecture, political science, sustainable development, transportation, geography and other disciplines.

[b]About the Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel Partnership[/b]
The Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel Partnership, housed at the RPC, is a U.S. Department of Energy-designated Clean Cities Coalition that brings together stakeholders in the public and private sectors to deploy alternative and renewable fuels, idle-reduction measures, fuel economy improvements, and emerging transportation technologies. For more information on the Clean Fuel Partnership visit: cleanfuelpartnership.org. For additional information on the Clean Cities program, visit: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/cleancities .